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Germany Deploys Troops on Russia's Doorstep for First Time Since World War II (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pootin will start whining about aggression and what-not. "NATO expanded and we will not take it lightly". I wonder if they'd be able to stop any invasion of their northern borders.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 9 points 8 months ago

I was on vacation in Vilnius last year. The airport was crowded with military transport planes from Germany and Portugal and we saw dozens of German soldiers in the city. If he's starting to complain now, he's pretty late. The troop build-up has been going on for a while now.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

I do wonder. They've been feeding their forces into a wood chipper for some time now. You see videos of people with dementia being deployed. Didn't their situation isn't so hot.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Good

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

How does Merkel feel about that